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Viet Nam News WASHINGTON — The US Justice Department on Thursday indicted two Chinese hackers tied to Beijing’s security services who allegedly targeted companies and agencies in a dozen countries, which US officials said showed President Xi Jinping had not fulfilled his pledge to stop cybercrime. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the move was being made to rebuff "China’s economic aggression." The Justice Department said the hackers had targeted numerous managed service providers (MSPs), specialist firms which help other companies manage their information technology systems -- potentially giving hackers an entry into the computer networks of dozens of companies. Companies who were hacked were not named, but 45 victims in the United States included key government agencies -- the NASA Goddard Space Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the US Navy, where the personal information … [Read more...] about US indicts Chinese govt hackers over attacks in 12 countries

Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacksThe Saigon Times Daily Russian President Vladimir Putin and a masked security officer stand at a shooting gallery of the new GRU military intelligence headquarters building as he visits it in Moscow, Russia November 8, 2006 – PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON (REUTERS) - Britain accused Russian military intelligence on Thursday of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from sport to transport and the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In a British assessment based on work by its National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Russian military intelligence (GRU) was cast as a pernicious cyber aggressor which used a network of hackers to spread discord across the world. GRU, Britain said, was almost certainly behind the BadRabbit and World Anti-Doping Agency attacks of 2017, the hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 2016 and the theft of … [Read more...] about Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacks

The Bill on Cyber Security was made public to get voters’ feedback in March 2017. Before casting their votes, deputies to the National Assembly still discussed over differences in some articles, such as those in Article 10 and 26. Agencies responsible for preparing the law and the National Assembly listened to feedback from relevant agencies, scientists, and people to amend the Bill so that it was adopted at the high support rate of 86.86% of the deputies’ votes. (Photo for illustration) On June 28, 2018, the Presidential Office held a press conference to announce the President’s order to promulgate the Law on Cyber Security and other six laws which had been adopted by the National Assembly. The Law on Cyber Security will become effective on January 1, 2019. However, many Western news and press agencies and websites whose servers located outside Vietnam have deliberately distorted the law and prevented it from taking effect. They argue that “the … [Read more...] about Law on Cyber Security taking effect is a must

SingHealth cyber-attack is said to be made by state-linked group. (Photo: EPA/VNA) Singapore (VNA) – Singapore’s worst cyber-attack in its history, in which personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was stolen, has the hallmarks of a state-linked group, said Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information S.Iswaran. Speaking in parliament, S.Iswaran said that detailed analysis has found that the attack was the work of an “Advanced Persistent Threat” (APT) group, which is typically state-linked. It was referred to a class of sophisticated cyber attackers who carefully planned cyber campaigns to steal information or disrupt operations, he said, adding that APT groups often use advanced tools, including customised malware that is able to evade the health care provider’s antivirus software and security tools. “The attack fits the profile of a certain known APT group, but for national security … [Read more...] about Singapore: Cyber-attack may be made by state-linked group

At the Security World 2018 Conference held in Hanoi on April 5 with the theme of ‘Increasing data and cyber security in the connected world’, Director of the Cyber Security Department under the Ministry of Public Security, Lieutenant General Hoang Phuoc Thuan said that each year his department discovered tens of state information leaks on the Internet, but the truth might be more than that due to the anonymous nature of the network environment. According to Lt. Gen Hoang Phuoc Thuan, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is happening in a large scale and has created new opportunities for Vietnam to rapidly integrate into the world, to upgrade its technology level as well as manufacturing and competitiveness capacity. Industry 4.0 has also been a means for a major change in formations of the service sector; for new chances for innovative startups. It has provided a lucrative and promising investment environment in the field of digital … [Read more...] about Cyber security becoming urgent issue in Vietnam